Horseshoe-calk.



No. 792,674. PATBNTED JUNE 20, 1905. C. W. & E. A. SNOOK.

HORSESHOE OALK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 94 1904.

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HORSESHOE GALK.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. SNOOK AND EDWARD A. SNOOK, OF OLARKSVILLE, OHIO.

HORSESHOE-CALK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,674, dated June 20, 1905. Application filed December 9,1904. Serial No. 236,198.

To all whom it Duty concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. SNooK and EDWARD A. SNooK, citizens of the United States, residing at Clarksville, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horseshoe-Oalks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention embodies improvements in detachable calk devices for horseshoes, and the essential feature of the invention is comprised in the provision of peculiar calk and shoe structure admitting of ready detachment and attachment of the calk by a person of ordinary skill.

The invention further aims to secure a device of the class described which is very simple in structure and may therefore bernanufactured cheaply, though having substantially the same wearing qualities as the usual integral calk of horseshoes.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe embodying the essential features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the shoe. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 4-. is a detail combined perspective view of the sections of the calk and the attaching member therefor, the shoe being shown broken away. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, the heel portion of the shoe being shown with adjacent calk parts.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In general configuration the shoe 1 is similar to those now in common use, being provided with a toe-call; 2 and a heel-call; 3. The calks 2 and 3 are of the same construction, the toe-calk, however. being made heavier, as is customary. Each of the calks 2 and 3 consist of a wear-section 4 and an attaching-section 5. The sides of the calks 2 and 3 are preferably concaved somewhat from the wearing edge thereof, though it will be understood that this exact formation is not essential. The attaching-section 5 of the calks is received in a recess 6 upon the inner side of each calk, and the outer surface of the attaching-section 5 conforms to the shape of the adjacent portion of the section 4:. Projecting from the upper side of the calks are lugs 7 provided at their upper extremities with projections 8, which are adapted to overlap the upper side of the shoe 1 in cooperating with the attaching-section 5 to secure the calk in place. The lugs 7 project from the wear-section 4: of each calk, adjacent the outer edge portion of the latter, forming attaching devices at this point, the attaching-section 5 of each calk being located upon the inner side thereof, as before mentioned, providing a securing means at this point. The attaching-section 5 is provided with a recess 9 in the side thereof and this recess is of substantially the thickness of the bar of the shoe 1, in order that it may receive the body of the shoe at the inner edge portion of the same. The upper extremity of the section 5 is likewise adapted to overlap the upper side of the shoe 1, thereby forming effective attaching means for engagement with said shoe.

The attaching-section 5 is adapted to be secured to the wear-section 4 of each calk by means of a fastening, such as a screw 10, said screw passing through transverse openings in the members 1 and 5. The opening in the member 5 is threaded, and the screw 10 is inserted from the outer side of each calk, the head of the screw being countersunk in the wear section 4, whereas the threaded extremity of each screw is screwed into the threaded opening of the attaching-section 5.

From the foregoing it will be noted that each calk is provided at its outer portion with upwardly-extendingengagingmembersadapted to overlap the upper side of the shoe 1,

A calk constructed as hereinbefore set forth i is readily susceptible to attachment to a shoe of any of the types at present in common use. However, it is designed, in order to increase the substantiality of the attaching means, to construct a shoe so that it will cooperate in preventing displacement of the calks under ordinary conditions of service. For this pur pose the lugs 7 of the heel-calks 3 are received in recesses or grooves 11 at the heel portions of the shoe, said recesses 11 being formed in the outer edge portion of the shoe and extending from the under to the upper side thereof. When the members 7 of each calk are seated in the members 11, any play of the calk is effectively prevented. Further, the portion of each of the attaching member 5 of the calks which overlaps the upper side of the shoe 1 is adapted to be received in a depression 12 upon the inner edge portions of the shoe at points adjacent the location of the sections 5 of the toe and heel calks. The provision of the members 11 and 12 is very advantageous in rigidly mounting the calks in position, and this construction is contemplated for this reason. It will be understood that the indentations or depressions 11 and 12 may bedispensed with within the contemplation of the invention.

The provision of the calk structure, as hereinbefore described, enables the person to apply the cal'k to the shoe without the aid or service of a blacksmith or skilful mechanic,

and this is an important feature in this class of invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In combination with a horseshoe, a detachable calk therefor comprising a wear-section provided with a recess in a side thereof, an attaching-section received by the recess in the wear-section, said attaching-section being provided with a recess adapted to receive an edge portion of the shoe, lugs projected from the wear-section, projections extending from the lugs and overlapping the shoe, and a member securing the sections of the calk together.

2. In combination with a horseshoe provided with recesses upon the outer edge portion thereof extending from the under to the upper side, a detachable calk comprising a wear-section, lugs projected from said section at the outer portion thereof and received in recesses in the outer .edge of the shoe, the wear-section being provided with a recess upon its inner side, and an attaching-section fitted into the recess of the wear-section and having a recess in the side thereof to receive the inner edge portion of the shoe, the shoe being provided upon its upper side with depressions or recesses receiving the projections of the lugs of the wear-section and the overlapping portion of the attaching-section.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. SNOOK. :[L. s.] EDWARD A. SNOOK. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

.JoHN KELLUM, D. T. YMONTAGUE. 

